It’s some dialect from the north-east of Italy, it doesn’t sound like venetian proper, but close to that area. I can tell not only from the intonation, but also for the sheer amount of swearing against deities and vulgar words (which is pretty much all I got, as the speaker sounds drunk)… 🙂

The language in this clip is Venetic (also Venetisch, Feneto, or Enetikos), which has a unique origin among today’s modern European tongues.

First attested from some 2,600 years ago in short inscriptions found near modern Venice, Venetic is thought to have been a mixed language of Italic and Daco-Thracian elements. It was once held to be an early Germanic dialect, sharing some phonological elements with the group, though the timeframe for Germanic in this region of Italy makes the match more likely a case of confluence or false friendship.

Despite academic dismissal, the Germanic-Venetic theory gave rise to the notion that Germanic tribes settled Europe in pre-historic times and thus are responsible for significant events in Western history usually attested to other linguistic and ethnic groups. Today, Venetic is maintained by fraternal organizations in Europe and the United States.

The speaker in this sound clip is none other than Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is a member of one such fraternal organization, the Alldeutschebund (“Pan-German movement”), an organization allegedly seeking total German domination of Europe through political and economic means. In it he is reciting the Alldeutschebund Eid, the group’s pledge, in Venetic.

The language is indeed Venetian (vèneto), which is spoken mainly in Venice, Italy and the surrounding area. The recording comes from a Venetian version of An Officer and a Gentleman (Ufficiale Gentiluomo).